Q5 Maglite drop in from Kaidomain?

[jasonck08]

Does anyone have the Q5 maglite drop in from KD? It's $19.99 shipped right now, and I was thinking about picking one up. I purchased 4x 3D LED maglites at LOWES for $12 each. I can sell the magLED on eBay for about $12, then buy the Q5 drop in for $19.99. So the light would end up costing me $20 for a Q5 3D Mag. Is it worth it?

I did the SSC U bin mod to replace the LED on the mag led. Its now brighter... Around 120-150 lumens I would say. The LED has a slight yellow tint though.

 

[DocD]

Hi,
Yes it's very worth it go for the drop-in and reflector combo save a little money but i dont know how a cut std reflector works out with KD drop-in nice and bright with little or no lose of lumen over long run times merry xmas DocD

 

[jasonck08]

Can I just use the stock reflector? Do I have to cut it down any?

 

[swrdply400mrelay]

Yes you can use a stock reflector but you'll have to cut off the cam (tube portion). A pair of heavy duty scissors should suffice.

 

[jasonck08]

I have a dremmel like tool, so I can use it. Does anyone actually one one of these. Is it driven at 1A? If so It should put out about 200 lumens, and maybe 180 out the front?

 

[richardcpf]

There are pics of it at the review section comparing it with some throwers, and the performance was very good.

I ordered few of these along with SMO alu reflector, glass lens, aspherical lens, this way you can use both setup.

You can also buy 2D mags and use them with D size li ions.